20 OCTOBER 1928, Page 38

WkEN.-Rome conquered Greece, Greek thought did not lose but rather

gained in influence. Hellenism pervaded the whole Roman Empire, and was to facilitate the spread of Christianity as taught by St. Paul. Mr. R. W. Livingstone, who has done so much in his earlier books to popularize the- great-writers- ef - classical Greeee; • has --now compiled a charming selection of passages from the Greek authors of the Graeco-Roman age, under the title of The Mission of Greece (Clarendon Press, 7s. 6d.). Here we have, in good translations, excerpts from Epictett4, Marcus Aurelius,

Dion Chrysostom, Plutarch, Apollonius of Tyana—on whom Freude wrote a delightful essay—and Lucian, who always seems more modern whenever one rereads him. It is all excellent reading.